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United  States  Department  of  Agriculture. 

BUREAU  OF  ANIMAL  INDUSTRY. 

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B.  A.  I.  ORDER  287— TO  PREVENT  THE  SPREAD  OF  FOOT 
AND-MOUTH  DISEASE  IN  CATTLE,  SHEEP,  OTHER  RUMI 
NANTS,  AND  SWINE. 

(Effective  on  and  after  February  .' :.  l 


U.  S.  Department  of  Agriculture, 

Office  of  the  Secretary. 

The  fact  has  been  determined  by  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture,  and 
notice  is  hereby  given,  that  a  contagious,  communicable  disease, 
known  as  foot-and-mouth  disease,  exists  in  livestock  in  the  State  of 
California. 

Now.   therefore,  I,   Henry  C.   Wallace,  Secretary  of  Agriculture, 
under  authority  conferred  by  section  1  of  the  act  of  Congress  approved 
March  3,  1905  (33  Stat.  1264),  do  hereby  quarantine  the  count 
Alameda,  Contra  Costa,  and  Solano,  in  the  State  of  California. 

During  the  existence  of  this  quarantine  the  interstate  or  foreign 
transportation,  movement,  or  trailing  or  driving  of  cattle,  sheep, 
other  ruminants,  and  swine  from  the  area  herein  quarantined  is 
prohibited. 

Under  authority  conferred  by  section  2  of  the  act  of  Congress  ap- 
proved February  2,  1903  (32  Stat.  791),  shipments  of  dressed  car- 
casses of  calves,  sheep,  and  other  ruminants,  interstate  or  to  foreign 
countries,  from  a  point  in  the  territory  herein  quarantined  are  pro- 
hibited, unless  the  hides  or  skins  and  hoofs  are  removed  from  the 
carcasses;  and  the  interstate  or  foreign  transportation  of  hides,  skins, 
and  hoofs  of  cattle,  sheep,  and  other  ruminants,  and  of  hay.  straw,  or 
similar  fodder,  from  a  point  in  the  quarantined  territory  is  absolutely 
prohibited  unless  the  said  hides,  skins,  and  hoofs  of  cattle,  sheep,  and 
other  ruminants,  and  all  hay.  straw,  or  similar  fodder  be  disinfected 
prior  to  shipment  under  the  supervision  of  an  inspector  of  the  Bureau 
of  Animal  Industry. 

No  railroad  car-  or  boat-,  within  the  area  herein  quarantined,  which 
have  carried  livestock  shall  be  moved  interstate  until  the  said  car-  or 
boats  have  been  cleaned  and  disinfected  with  a  permitted  disinfectant 
as  provided  in  B.  A.  1.  Order  273.  or  3  per  cent  solution  cresol  com- 
pound. U.  S.  P. 

When  shipments  by  rail  of  cattle,  sheep,  other  ruminants,  and 
swine  are  made  from  and  to  points  not  included  in  the  territory  herein 
quarantined  for  foot-and-mouth  disease,  the  said  shipments  shall  not 

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be  unloaded  within  the  quarantined  territory,  except  when  the  animals 
are  unloaded  en  route,  as  hereinafter  provided,  for  purposes  of  feed, 
rest,  and  water,  as  required  by  the  act  of  Congress  of  June  29,  1906 
(34  Stat.  607).  Such  unloading  shall  be  into  pens  or  yards  which 
have  been  specially  cleaned  and  disinfected  for  the  purpose,  under 
the  supervision  of  an  employee  of  the  Bureau  of  Animal  Industry, 
and  which  have  been  specially  designated  and  approved  for  that  pur- 
pose by  the  chief  of  the  Bureau  of  Animal  Industry. 

When  shipments  interstate  by  rail  of  cattle,  sr^ep,  other  rumi- 
nants, and  swine  are  made  from  and  to  points  not  incrucled  in  the  area 
herein  quarantined  for  foot-and-moutn  disease,  the  cars  containing 
the  livestock  shall  be  sealed  by  an  employee  of  the  Bureau  of  Animal 
Industry  before  the  cars  enter  the  said  area;  and  when  such  ship- 
ments are  unloaded  en  route  within  the  said  area  in  cleaned  and 
disinfected  pens,  for  the  purposes  of  feed,  rest,  and  water,  as  herein- 
before provided,  the  cars  shall,  after  reloading,  be  again  sealed  by 
an  employee  of  the  Bureau  of  Animal  Industry,  it  being  the  purpose 
and  intent  of  this  provision  that  cars  containing  such  shipments 
shall  remain  sealed  during  the  time  they  are  passing  through  the 
quarantined  area,  except  when  broken  for  the  purpose  of  unloading 
for  feed,  rest,  and  water. 

This  order,  for  the  purpose  of  identification,  is  designated  as  B.  A.  I. 
Order  287,  and  will  be  effective  on  and  after  February  23,  1924. 

This  order  is  subject  to  amendment  or  revision  on  statutory 
notice. 

Done  at  Washington  this  23d   day   of  February, 
1924. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  the  Department 
of  Agriculture. 

Henry  C.  Wallace, 
Secretary  of  Agriculture. 


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